In the region of Paphlagonia (bordering the Black Sea in north-central Anatolia), a family of some means and influence was reported to have experienced...
Balthild, a future wife and mother of kings, emerged from obscure origins in the early 7th century. Also called Balthilde, Bathild and Baldhild, she...
In the early 8th century, a decorated warrior and administrative official named Sergios came to be appointed as the Byzantine governor of Constantinople’s imperial...
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
"ust as no human body is perfect, so no self is perfect."
From Soren Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death (chapter C, section...
This painting, by the French artist Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (c. 1790-1870), was inspired by stories about the ancient Greek mythological figure, Telemachus—the son...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"Never too old to learn; it keeps me young."
From Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (approximately between lines 575-580), translated by Robert Fagles. New...
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342-1400)
"Never let innocence besot your head,
But take the helm yourselves and trim the sail."
The Canterbury Tales (Envoy to the Clerk's Tale)...
Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
"Myself, I can't stand fighting,
Peace is my thing: You know: make love not war."
also translated as
"Whilst I, whom neither seas nor...
